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Corringham, Lampits Hill c.1950
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Memories of Corringham, Lampits Hill c1950

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Corringham, Lampits Hill c.1950

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This picture was taken outside the Bus Shelter and public toilets in the centre of old Corringham where the number 2A Eastern National Buses used to stop for a 15 min break on the journey from Southend to Grays. Directly opposite used to be the village cobbler, Bob. Bob the Snob to his friends. As a mid teenager I used to visit Bob and sit and watch him work and we used to talk for hours sometimes. There was an old ...see more